Who said "To study the dead is to learn the language of the living."?

This quote is attributed to Georges Cuvier.

To study the dead is to learn the language of the living. - Georges Cuvier

"To study the dead is to learn the language of the living."

Georges Cuvier Science

Zoologist and Paleontologist French 1769–1832

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